Hoooray for Vectrex!

[Pixel_Outlaw]

Just picked up a Vectrex in good working condition with 8 games for 30 dollars. Not a bad deal. I tell you what, those true vector graphics blow away any simulation of them with raster. I even got a few shmup games for it. I've just about beaten Scramble. Also the system has a built in clone of Asteroids. It is highly portable because the system has its own built in screen and controller. The controller actually folds into the front of the machine for portability. Geometry Wars pseudo vector display has nothing on this. Sure the display is just white but I can't get used to how crisp a non pixel display is. The games have colored screen overlays to give the impression of color but my games are just the carts so I don't have them. I'll post some pics tonight I have to run to work. Nice to have a system 5 years older than I am. I find the technology quite charming and sort of wish that more could have been done with true vector displays.

Here is a vid from Youtube.

[hellfire]

A very good deal indeed. Have a lot of fun!

[benny!]

Yeah ... have fun with it.

Nice video btw ... I like the fact that they put transparent colored
stuff in front of the monitor to give the player the illusio of a colored
game. That's very cool ...

[Clyde]

Nice one mate, you've picked up a good bargain there I feel. And thanks also for supplying an equally cool Video of information.

[hellfire]

transparent colored stuff in front of the monitor to give the illusio of a colored game

You could buy such templates for TVs, too. They were blue at the top (sky), green in the middle (forrest) and brown at the bottom (ground) to imitate the typical german "Heimat-Film"

[benny!]

transparent colored stuff in front of the monitor to give the illusio of a colored game

You could buy such templates for TVs, too. They were blue at the top (sky), green in the middle (forrest) and brown at the bottom (ground) to imitate the typical german "Heimat-Film"

Really Damn ... that's weird and somehow scary 

[Shockwave]

The Vectrex is a simply amazing machine, it was so very far ahead of the competition.

In the UK everyone was buying Ataris, they totally dominated but the Vectrex was overlooked.

I knew one person who had a Vectrex, I didn't know him all that well though but I dearly love this old console and would like to own one myself one day.

[benny!]

Yeah. Had a quick search on ebay. There are some available. But getting one in a good
working condition with 8 games like Pixel_Outlaw seems to be rather rare.

[DrewPee]

I acquired one for RCM a few months ago! It really is an stunning machine! Scramble is an amazing conversion!
Spike is cool too! It has digitised speech in that one! A classic platformer!

DrewPee